Gaziveren Heliport

CY-0023 · Nicosia, Cyprus

Climate Gaziveren Heliport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nicosia (Lefkoşa) Ercan International Airport (LCEN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.0 94 97 98 97 95
February 94.6 92 98 95 96 88
March 95.6 96 94 99 99 97
April 97.0 96 96 99 100
May 96.9 95 96 98 96
June 97.6 97 98 100 99
July 98.1 98 100 97 97
August 97.4 95 97 99 99
September 98.7 99 100 99 99
October 98.7 97 99 99 99
November 97.8 97 98 97 100
December 96.2 97 94 97 99
Average 96.8 94.1 96.6 97.6 98.0 97.3

2nd best VFR conditions of Cyprus

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.5 99 99 100 100 99
February 98.3 98 100 99 99 93
March 98.9 100 98 100 100 100
April 98.9 100 99 100 100
May 98.7 98 99 99 99
June 99.1 99 99 100 99
July 99.2 100 100 99 99
August 99.3 100 99 99 100
September 99.5 99 100 100 99
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.6 100 100 99 100
December 98.8 99 99 100 100
Average 99.1 98.8 99.2 99.3 99.4 98.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.1 18 18 15 18 15
February 17.0 18 16 17 18 16
March 19.8 22 21 16 19 20
April 25.0 24 27 26 24
May 30.3 28 30 32 31
June 33.1 32 33 33 33
July 37.4 38 38 38 37
August 37.0 38 36 38 38
September 34.3 35 34 33 37
October 29.3 30 28 29 32
November 23.5 25 23 25 23
December 18.8 21 21 18 19
Average 25.9 19.3 27.1 26.7 27.2 26.9

1st highest temperature of Cyprus

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 6 8 6 7 6
February 6.4 7 5 7 7 6
March 7.7 7 9 5 7 9
April 11.3 11 12 11 11
May 16.4 15 16 17 17
June 19.9 20 20 20 18
July 23.5 24 23 25 23
August 23.4 24 23 24 23
September 20.7 20 21 20 22
October 17.0 18 17 16 18
November 12.5 14 12 13 13
December 8.9 10 11 9 9
Average 13.6 6.9 14.7 14.4 14.7 14.6

1st lowest temperature of Cyprus

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.6 9 8 5 3 9
February 3.8 4 6 3 2 6
March 3.2 2 4 5 2 5
April 1.3 2 0 1 2
May 0.3 1 1 0 0
June 0.2 1 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 1 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.8 2 2 0 0
November 1.4 1 2 2 1
December 2.8 2 2 5 3
Average 1.8 4.9 2.0 1.5 0.9 1.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 8 7 8 8 7
February 7.1 7 7 6 7 8
March 8.2 9 8 9 9 8
April 7.9 8 9 8 8
May 8.2 8 9 8 9
June 7.9 7 8 8 8
July 7.7 7 8 8 7
August 7.4 8 7 8 8
September 7.3 8 8 8 7
October 7.1 7 7 7 7
November 7.0 8 7 7 7
December 6.1 6 5 7 7
Average 7.6 8.0 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.6

1st highest wind speed of Cyprus

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 292° 058° 289° 232° 323°
February 315° 335° 298° 026° 012°
March 300° 287° 315° 300° 334°
April 294° 297° 285° 292°
May 119° 302° 275° 324°
June 269° 269° 276° 286°
July 303° 301° 296° 213°
August 248° 247° 306° 282°
September 216° 280° 287° 267°
October 279° 269° 315° 280°
November 249° 016° 055° 031°
December 315° 169° 093° 091°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.